Article
Insertion/deletion polymorphism in the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene associated with macroangiopathy and blood pressure in patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Jun 1995
Ukkola O, Savolainen M J, Salmela P I, von Dickhoff K, Kiema T, Kesäniemi Y A
Abstract excerpt
In the search for new risk factors for diabetic macroangiopathy the insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism in the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene was studied in 237 consecutive patients (125 men and 112 women) with non-insulin-dependent diabetes. The female population showed an excess of ischem...
Topics
- Adult
- Blood Pressure
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Diabetic Angiopathies
- Electrocardiography
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
- Phenotype